Anatomy Questions

What cranial bone makes our forehead and upper half of the eye socket?

The source of blood carried to capillaries in the myocardium, would be the _____.

The term ________ describes the result from an injury that permits air to leak into the intrapleural space.

Which of these descriptions best matches the term external intercostal?

Short preganglionic, long postganglionic fibers

________ is the amount of air that you can inhale above the resting tidal volume.

________ involves active inspiratory and expiratory movements and calls on accessory muscles to assist with inhalation, while exhalation involves contraction of the internal intercostal muscles and sometimes abdominal muscles too.

Which of these descriptions best matches the term bronchiolar smooth muscle?

Decompression sickness is a painful condition that develops when a person is exposed to a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure. Bubbles of ________ gas are responsible for the problem.

________ is the amount of air that moves into the respiratory system during a single respiratory cycle.

The unit of measurement for pressure preferred by many respiratory therapists is:

Quiet breathing is to ________ as shallow breathing is to ________.

Blockage of pulmonary blood flow by a clot or similar obstruction is:

The condition resulting from inadequate production of surfactant and the resultant collapse of alveoli is:

An acute infection of the throat that can lead to swelling and closure of the glottis and cause suffocation is known as:

Each 100 ml of blood leaving the alveolar capillaries carries away roughly ________ ml of oxygen.

A pulmonary embolism can be caused by ________ becoming trapped in a pulmonary artery.

Roughly ________ terminal bronchioles arise from each tertiary bronchus.

Collectively, the layers through which the respiratory gases diffuse are known as the:

The normal rate and depth of breathing is established by the ________ center.